James Harden on Eric Gordon: 'one of the best shooters to ever play'

The Houston Rockets snuck away with a win last night in Philadelphia stealing a slim victory away from the 76ers off Eric Gordon’s buzzer-beater. Harden got the ball off the inbound and had the opportunity to make something happened but realized he had the 7-foot-2 Joel Embiid in front of him. Trusting his teammate, Harden passed it over to Gordon to make the final play with under 2 seconds left on the clock.

“I shoot with Eric every single morning, he’s one of the best shooters to ever play the game,” said Harden. Once Embiid came in, I just pushed the ball to Eric – he pump faked, side-stepped and shot.”

Gordon has been hot for the Rockets this season putting up 24.6 points per game. He has upped his game in what seems like every way getting to the basket more, getting fouled more and playing a bigger role setting teammates up to score. Even with the increase in play, the 76ers are a very tough opponent.

“They’ve got to go through their learning experience,” said Harden on the difference between a veteran team like the Rockets and an up-and-coming team like the Sixers. “But, this is a good team, they play extremely hard. I’m just happy we came away with a win. Now we’ve just got to follow up with another win in Charlotte.”

The Rockets head to Houston to take on the Hornets Friday night where they’ll have another test against a tough team in the East. Dwight Howard has surprised a lot of people and really brought his A-game this season and, given the Rockets’ injury problems, it’s anything but an easy matchup for Houston.